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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369820</law_id><section_number>55.1-2832</section_number><catch_line>Animals shall not run at large after entry of order</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="28">Trespasses; Fences</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="7">Special Provisions for Unincorporated Communities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>After the expiration of 10 days from the date of entering an <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Order of court" href="/55.1-2831/">55.1-2831</a>, it is unlawful for any domesticated livestock to run at large within such boundaries, and any person owning or having charge of any such animal who permits such livestock to run at large within such boundaries is guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Each day such animal is permitted to run at large constitutes a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, and any such animal found running at large upon any street, alley, road, or other public ground within such boundaries may be taken up and impounded by any person who may retain such animal in his <span class="dictionary">custody</span> until the expense of keeping such animal is paid.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-898; 1977, c. 624, &#xA7; 55-328; 1979, c. 486; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
